Govt to respond legally: Anisul
Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the reply to the legal notice served by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be given through legal procedure.
“Legal notice is a legal procedure. We are yet to receive the legal notice [of Khaleda Zia]. After receiving the notice, we will discuss it and then we will make a reply to the legal notice through legal way,” he told reporters after attending the Child Parliament Sessions-2017. The National Children's Taskforce organised the event in LGED auditorium of the capital.
Khaleda on December 19 served a legal notice on Sheikh Hasina, seeking an apology from the prime minister (Hasina) for making “malicious and defamatory” remarks about her (Khaleda) alleged assets abroad.
In the notice, Khaleda demanded that Hasina apologise “unconditionally” and publicise it within 30 days of receiving the notice.
“Or else, the BNP chairperson will take measures to file a defamation suit against the prime minister, demanding compensations for damaging her reputation and image,” it said.
Earlier at a press conference at the Gono Bhaban on December 7, the prime minister, also president of the ruling Awami League, expressed displeasure that the mainstream media did not run any report on the BNP chief and her family members' reported assets and investments in Saudi Arabia and other countries.
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